When you think of craft supplies, you likely envision markers in an assortment of bright colors, glittery sequins, and colorful beads. But what about felt? The unsung hero of craft supplies, felt is sturdy and flexible, and can be folded, sewn, and cut into decorations, accessories, and so much more. Despite its versatility and ease of use, this material is one that you might not be using all that frequently. So why not shake things up a bit? This year, you’ll want to put spring felt projects at the top of your crafting to-do list.

Hop To It And Make These Easter Felt Crafts

Easter is almost here! Are you ready? If you could use some cute decorations for the holiday (and who couldn’t?!?), then take another look at felt. While you could use paper to make decorations, it’s important to keep in mind that the material has a fleece-like feel to it. There really isn’t a better option for making fuzzy lambs, ducks, and bunnies! Your Easter felt crafts will look and feel soft. In addition, these projects will be an adorable addition to the festivities.

Flower Felt Projects That Will Always Be In Bloom

The calendar might say it’s spring, but you might live in an area where warm weather and blooming flowers won’t return for a while. With that in mind, you can still add flowers to your home when you make flower felt projects. The material can be folded over and over in an assortment of ways without losing its shape, resulting in a design that is both intricate and unique. The softness of the material also gives the flower a more realistic appearance, too. When selecting colors for your flower felt project, consider opting for material in vibrant colors. Need a little help on creating felt flowers? This video tutorial on the Felt Flower Corsage Craft can get you started.

Repurpose Sweaters With DIY Felt Projects

Are you in the midst of spring cleaning and have discovered sweaters that have seen better days? Don’t pitch those sweaters! You can repurpose those sweaters and other knit or crochet items into felt, which can be used for future craft projects or repurposed into comfortable pillows or other home décor items. And how do you make felt, anyway? Whether you want to toss that old sweater in hot water or use another method, our helpful guide on felting can get you started. Reusing a beloved item in a new way is eco-friendly and an inexpensive way to add to your craft supplies. Win-win!

More Felt Projects To Make

Welcome warmer weather with Posies for My Toesies Shoe Embellishment!

Feeling inspired? If you’re looking for felt projects to make, then you’ll want to check out our list of ideas! Many of these projects are easy to make, so you could work on a spring felt project with your child.

Felt is one of the most popular craft materials out there and it’s easy to see why. First of all, it’s easy to use – everyone from little kids to older adults can work with it. Also, you can use felt to make almost anything (we’re talking jewelry, coffee cozies and pizza, just to name a few). Most importantly, you don’t have to search high and low for felt – there’s always a huge variety at craft and home good stores. Since felt is basically the best craft supply on the planet (this has not been tested, but just trust us), it only made sense that we’d create a brand new free eBook that features amazing and fun felt crafts.

In 18 Crafts with Felt: Craft Ideas, Felt Flowers and More, you’ll find age-appropriate projects for kids, pretty flowers and so much more. Basically, there’s something for everyone. You can even gather up the family and make a few of these crafts together – it’s a great way to bond. The simple projects in this eBook don’t require a ton of time or materials, so you can make a bunch in a short period of time. Also, not all of the projects require access to a sewing machine – all you need is some glue.

Here are a few of the projects feature in this brand new free eBook:

Felt Strawberries – Strawberries are a delicious treat but there’s just one problem – they don’t last forever. In fact, strawberries can often go bad in a matter of days. If you love the look of bright red strawberries, use felt to create some that won’t go bag, Place them in a bowl or basket and display them all year long for a fun, summery touch. The vibrant colors and simple design will leave you wanting more!

Felt Flower Needlecase – Love to sew or know someone who can’t live without their needle and thread? Create one of these cases to aid organization. The green felt is vibrant enough to capture your attention when you’re searching for supplies amid a sea of fabric and materials.

Felt Learning Clock – Learning should be fun and nothing is more fun than crafting! Gather up the kids and have them help with this simple project. Once completed, this clock can serve an an important education tool that is also fun to play with. Use a sewing machine or a hot glue gun to construct this project – it’s up to you!

Are you as ready for spring as I am? I’m always ready for fabric flowers, and luckily these flowers are perfect no matter what the weather’s like by you! They won’t wilt in the hot summer sun or freeze in the winter. Since they’re faux, you can enjoy them all year long. I love making fabric flowers to decorate my bags and hats, or to wear in my hair, as a brooch, as a gift topper, or just because! There are so many different kinds of fabric flowers to make, and almost all of them are quick and easy. Some are a little more advanced for crafters looking for a bit of a challenge. This spring, craft up some pretty flowers to spruce up someone’s day.

Today’s Meet and Make designer is Heather Valentine. Heather’s mission is to inspire others to think outside of the box with projects that keep the 3 R’s in mind: Reduce, Reclaim, And Recraft. That’s one motto I can stand behind! On Heather’s blog, The Sewing Loft, you’ll find eco felt, upcycled, and repurposed fabric crafts that are easy to do and earth-friendly!

Here’s Heather’s Project:

Starting with two wire hangers, tape them together in a couple of places. This is just to keep them stable while you are covering them later.

Then cut a strip of felt 1″ wide by the length of your hanger. *Be sure to measure all along the outside of your hanger and around the curve. Mine measured 42″ but yours might be different.

Starting at the inside edge, wrap the felt around and blanket stitch in place. Continue to pinch and stitch all the way around. Clip end into a point, fold back and stitch the end in place. Bury your knot.

To create flowers, I cut circles from the felt. Then, I cute in a spiral pattern; leaving a round circle as the base.

Starting at the long end of spiral, wrap the strip around a pencil and hot glued in place.

Attach flower to hanger. You can attach with needle and thread or glue gun. Your choice.

Felt is a great material to use for crafting, home décor projects, and fashion. It is easy to cut, sew, glue, and embellish, and it comes in many colors. The key to using felt is to pick the correct type for your project.

1. Craft Felt

Craft felt is a generic term for 100% synthetic, man-made felt. The felt is mainly acrylic, polyester, rayon or a rayon/viscose blend. Craft felt comes in many colors and styles. This type of felt is widely available at major craft chains and online.

Most craft felt comes in thin pre-cut 9”x12” sheets. However, you can find craft felt by the yard. In addition to a wide assortment of beautiful colors, craft felt is also available in glitter sheets, self stick adhesive backed sheets, and with stiffener added.

Craft felt is best used in projects such as: Children’s crafts, seasonal holiday crafts, school, or camp crafting. Try these:

2. Eco Friendly Felts

There is now a popular felt on the market made using eco-fi. Eco-fi is a polyester fiber made from 100% post-consumer recycled plastic bottles. The look and feel of eco-fi felt is very similar to original polyester craft felt, however it is slightly stiffer. The felt is available with glitter, in rainbow colors, felt numbers, and a line of embossed patterns.

Eco-fi craft felt is widely available at major craft chains and on the internet. Buy thin, pre-cut sheets or buy it by the yard. Check the felt packaging for the eco-fi name to make sure you are buying felt made from recycled plastic bottles.

Another felt available is a bamboo/rayon blend. Bamboo is considered a sustainable fiber as it is a fast growing crop that can grow practically anywhere, releases more oxygen than trees, and does not need chemical fertilizers. There is some debate about how “green” the process is to turn the plant fibers into usable bamboo thread. However, it is certainly more eco friendly than 100% synthetic materials. Bamboo felt is available under the brand name Xotic felt.

Use Eco friendly felt for: all the same types of crafts as regular craft felt. Additionally, use the embossed patterns (alligator or decorative) for small home décor crafts. Try these:

3. Blended Wool Felt

Blended wool felt refers to felt that is actually made with real wool. There are two common types of blended wool felt used in home crafting, the 35% wool/65% rayon blend and the 20% wool/80% rayon blend.

One major difference between blended wool felt and craft felt is that wool is used in making the felt. The result is a soft, luxurious felt that actually has some of the characteristics of real wool. When comparing polyester craft felt to blended wool felt, the blended felt will have a nice, nubby texture. Some of the 35% wool/65% rayon felts also have heathered coloring. This is because the wool fibers are interwoven which results in a rich, two tone effect.

Although the 20% wool/80% rayon felt is less costly than the 35% wool/65% blend, many merchants sell them for the same price. The wool felt is available online and in major chain stores that carry fabric. Blended wool felt comes in over 100 colors. This felt may be purchased in sheets and by the yard. Blended felt is more expensive than craft felt, but still reasonably priced.

4. 100% Wool Felt

Unlike blended wool felt, as the name suggests 100% wool felt is made from 100% wool. 100% wool felt comes in thicknesses of 1.2 mm, 2mm, 3mm, and 5mm. Real 100% wool felt is sold by the yard and is quite expensive. This felt has a luxurious feel and is used in professional apparel and home décor applications.

100% wool felt is available online and by the yard in some retail stores selling fabric.

Recommended uses for 100% wool felt include: 1.2 mm felt may be used for making hats, clothing, pillows, and other home décor items. 1.2-2 mm may be used for children’s footwear and slippers. 2mm and 3mm felts are best used for fashion, fashion accessories, hats, tabletop décor, and computer accessories. 5mm felt is best for wall coverings, decorative hanging room dividers, and wall art. Try this:

5. Needle Punch Felting – 100% Wool Roving

Needle punch is a technique using wool roving and needles to create a decorative effect on clothing and home décor, as well as creating cute critters and dolls. Wool roving is a piece of wool which has been combed, formed into a clump, and twisted to hold the fibers together. There are many tutorials and kits for projects that can be made using the needle punch technique. Try this:

Sometimes faux flowers are just better than the real thing. They’re cheap, they last forever, they won’t wilt, and they make fun craft projects! You can make faux flowers out of felt, fabric, tissue paper, coffee filters, and more. Here are some cool tutorials from around the web:

There are a lot of different ways of working with felt. The simplest way is to buy felt pre-made from the store and use it as fabric for sewing projects, such as this Felt Carnation Pin. You can also make your own felt from wool roving by doing a process called “wet felting.” This method is explained further in this beautiful Wet Felted Ball Jewelry tutorial and our How to Make Felt guide. Another way to make felt is by washing and drying an old sweater–the heat will fuse the fibers together to make felt! Read all about Felting Wool Sweaters if you’re into upcycling projects!

Needlefelting is a way of pushing wool fibers together with a special type of needle. This process does not require water or heat. Our How to Needle Felt guide has a great explanation of this craft. Basically, you take a piece of wool roving and arrange it over a piece of fabric (perhaps a blouse or a bag that you’d like to embellish?), then place the whole apparatus over a foam block or mat and start rapidly poking at the wool with your needle. You can use templates or stencils to make different shapes. Even cookie cutters would work. (I sense an ugly Christmas sweater project…)

Here’s a great video that will guide you through the needle felting process, from TheCraftsChannel:

You can even make 3-D needle felted projects by shaping the wool into whatever you want to make, or attaching felt to a foam base. This Needle Felted Chick would make a great wedding cake topper, and these Flower Pins are a cute way to dress up a plain outfit.

Keep in mind:

The needles used in needle felting are really sharp! Consider protecting your fingers so you don’t poke yourself.

If you’re felting in the dryer, you should put your fabric in a mesh bag to avoid a clogged, fiber-filled washer and dryer. Also empty your lint catcher frequently.

Try adding a pair of jeans to the load to “agitate” your felt more and get a better result.

Of all the pretty flowers to craft this year, felt flowers are some of my favorites. They’re thrifty, because felt is a relatively inexpensive material. And they’re usually pretty easy to make, because felt is a user friendly material, too! These new felt projects are good for small gifts or just to wear or use for yourself. Embellish a bag or shirt with an easy felt flower that will go a long way.

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